TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268606 [ 2025TNSTR3458....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-30 09:49:17
Date made public:
Sender: WFST_SN
Reporting Group: WFST     Discovery Data Source: WFST

Zelin Xu, Dezheng Meng, Ji-an Jiang, Weiyu Wu, Zhengyan Liu, Junhan Zhao, Ziqing Jia (USTC) on behalf of the WFST collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025wiu
Discoverer internal name: WFST250828joqc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:55:58.490 (28.993708) DEC = -00:26:43.38 (-0.445383)
Discovery date: 2025-08-28 21:21:36.000 (JD=2460916.39)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-28 21:21:36.000
Flux: 22.74 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-27 21:23:02
Limiting flux: 23.11 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025wiu